Solutions www.circleofblue.org Five bright spots in the Mekong Southeast Asia's main waterway faces substantial challenges. But these five developments could change the river's course.
Impacts www.nytimes.com China limited the Mekong’s flow. Other countries suffered a drought. New research show that Beijing’s engineers appear to have directly caused the record low levels of water in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Impacts www.nytimes.com Damming the lower Mekong, devastating the ways and means of life Thailand funded the first dam on the river in Laos, and it is Thai towns, farms and fisheries that are suffering.
Impacts The Mekong Delta is in danger as waters dry up This river has nourished civilizations for millennia. Now it’s drying up, under attack from dam building, overfishing, and sand mining.
www.circleofblue.org Dams, sand mining threaten to wreck Mekong Delta More than sea-level rise, unsustainable development on the Mekong Delta is the biggest risk to the delta’s economy and ecology.
Politics www.nytimes.com ‘Our river was like a god': How dams and China's might imperil the Mekong A river system that feeds millions of people is in danger of being starved of the nutrients needed to sustain its life.
Newsletter news.mongabay.com Devastating Laos dam collapse leads to deforestation of protected forests One of the companies involved with the dam reportedly blamed heavy rain and flooding for the collapse, but many have questioned their liability and believe the companies should be providing compensation.
